Goalflashes and major incidents (all times BST):

1314 BST: Neil Alexander gets down to his right to superbly save from Alex in the final piece of action.

1309 BST: Neil Alexander pushes Alex's free kick round the post.

1305 BST: Keiji Tamada shoots a couple of yards wide as the tiring Scots continue to defend stoically.

1252 BST: Russell Anderson does well to slide in to prevent Keiji Tamada a shot on goal.

1248 BST: A nice flick by Kris Boyd falls slightly behind Gavin Rae and the midfielder's shot is straight into the arms of the keeper.

1239 BST: Kris Boyd and Chris Burke replace James McFadden and Gary Teale.

1232 BST: Gary Teale stings Kawaguchi's hands with a fierce effort from 20 yards.

1231 BST: Neil Alexander makes heavy weather of saving a long-rang free kick and then the ball is cleared off the line as Japan's threat grows.

1225 BST: Lee McCulloch is shown a yellow card for elbowing Yuji Nakazawa in the face. Nakazawa has to be replaced by Keisuke Tsuboi.

1224 BST: Gavin Rae and Ian Murray come on for the beginning of the second half.

1209 BST: Half-time. Scotland can be happy with the first half, having matched Japan for most of the opening period.

1205 BST: Shinji Ono shows great footwork inside the box but shoots straight at Neil Alexander and Gary Naysmith superbly blocks the rebound.

1159 BST: Gary Caldwell does well to get in the way of Tatsuhiko Kubo's goal-bound shot to deflect it for a corner.

1154 BST: Japan keeper Kawaguchi requires some treatment after a hefty late challenge by Gary Caldwell.

1152 BST: Mitsuo Ogasawara shoots straight at Neil Alexander but moments later he brings out a good save from the keeper with a shot from the edge of the box.

1146 BST: Akira Kaji comes within inches of giving Japan the lead with a terrific drive that comes back off Neil Alexander's left-hand post.

1144 BST: Lee McCulloch scuffs a shot well wide from 20 yards out.

1141 BST: Lee McCulloch heads just wide after a good cross from Wigan team-mate Gary Teale.

1138 BST: Scotland's first corner kick comes to nothing as Gary Caldwell heads well off-target at the back post.

1127 BST: Scotland have started the game brightly but Japan come close to an early goal as Yasuhito Endo sends a 25-yard drive just over the bar.

1123 BST: Japan get the game under way.

1118 BST: A packed stadium is "treated" to a painful version of Flower of Scotland by a local singer.

1106 BST: Walter Smith makes one change to his Scotland team that thrashed Bulgaria on Thursday - James McFadden replaces Kris Boyd, who had been struggling with injury and is named on the bench.

Japan: Kawaguchi, Miyamoto, Santos, Nakazawa, Kaji, Fukunishi, Ogasawara, Ono, Endo, Kubo, Tamada.
Subs: Doi, Narazaki, Tanaka, Tsuboi, Komano, Moniwa, Motoyama, Abe, Hasebe, Maki, Sato.

Scotland: Alexander, Anderson, Gary Caldwell, Murty, Naysmith, Weir, Fletcher, McCulloch, Severin, Teale, McFadden.
Subs: Turner, Smith, Steven Caldwell, McNamee, Burke, Murray, Rae, Boyd, Lee Miller.